Archive for: November, 2010

The Cheshire East Welcome Course

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Local businesses are being given the opportunity to take part in a free Cheshire East Welcome Course at Knutsford Civic Centre on 7 December. The course is a great opportunity for Knutsford businesses to develop an awareness of the visitor offer in Cheshire East, as well as equipping employees with the necessary skills to enhance [...]

Guilt free chocolate from the Artisans

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The Artisan Meat Company has started stocking a fantastic new ethical chocolate made by Cheshire Chocolatier, Lee Molloy-Sherratt, under the Pure Origin banner. The range goes from white chocolate made from 31% Dominican Republic cacao through milk chocolate made from 44% Grenada cacao and dark chocolate made from 70% Madagascar cacao, the worlds finest beans, [...]

Nigella turns up the heat in Knutsford

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Nigella Lawson, author, arrived in Knutsford yesterday to sign copies of her latest offering Kitchen: Recipes From The Heart of the Home, published by Random House. Hundreds of fans braved the freezing weather, forming a queue that stretched all around the interior of Waterstones and finishing outside on King Street. Everyone was excited about the [...]

Davies appointed to pamper Mere members

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The Mere Golf Resort and Spa has appointed Tom Davies as spa director. In his new role, Tom takes responsibility for the creation of a leading spa and health club in the North of England. With a team of 20 to manage following the recent appointment of 10 new spa employees, Tom aims to develop [...]

Lord Sugar motivates The Mere

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Cheshire-based The Mere Golf Resort and Spa is launching an internal Apprentice-style challenge in preparation for the opening of its new five star spa in January. Two teams will compete to devise an innovative launch strategy with the ultimate aim of achieving the best sales figures, and of course avoiding the fateful words, “You’re Fired!” [...]

Five Star Spa

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The Mere Golf Resort and Spa in Knutsford, is a luxury venue in the heart of the Cheshire countryside. The five star, £5 million Spa will feature a luxury swimming pool, with above heat and cold experience rooms, a relaxation terrace with heated loungers and hydro pool experience. In addition, the new facilities will boast [...]

Aunty Mabel’s Seat wins Best Newcomer at Northern Design Awards

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As I walked through the door of Aunty Mabel’s Seat I received a very warm welcome from Tilly and Mabel the dogs closely followed by the owner Rebecca. There was something unbelievably homely and welcoming about this Knutsford business that made me really look forward to finding out more about what happens here. Rebecca’s passion [...]

‘Boot Your Loot’ to frustrate thieves this Christmas

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Boot Your Loot! – that’s the message to shoppers from Cheshire East’s Community Wardens this Christmas. The Council is urging people to lock purchases out of sight in their vehicles – to give thieves slim pickings this festive season. The Community Wardens team has launched the initiative, aimed at combating theft and car crime across [...]

Two owners: One Mission!

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The Three Greyhounds at Allostock has two brothers as its new owners and they have just one mission – to restore this lovely country pub to its former glory, serving good locally sourced produce. Half brothers Richard Casson and Duncan Jones have recently taken over The Three Greyhounds and have years of experience running successful [...]

Crime writing legal eagle launches book for Christmas

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Leading crime writing lawyer Martin Edwards is launching a new book of short stories for the Christmas market. Edwards, who is head of employment law at Knutsford law firm Mace & Jones, has compiled and edited the latest edition of the Crime Writers Association (CWA) Anthology ‘Original Sins’. He said the book features 16 short [...]

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